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Set in the 1850s, the alltrue travels and adventures of lidie newton speaks to us in a splendidly quirky voicethe strong, wry, nononsense voice of lidie harkness of quincy, illinois, a young woman of courage, good sense, and good heart. The author calls this book a look at the intersection of ideology and violence in america. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Now he is headed for lawrence, a free state town in kansas, where he. The alltrue travels and adventures of lidie newton by jane. This copy of the alltrue travels and adventures of lidie newton offered for sale by joe staats. Through the eyes of a first person narrator, the reader sees the proslavery versus abolition sentiments boiling to the surface in missouri and the kansas territory five years before.
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In the all true travels and adventures of lidie newton, she has adopted the stylistic devices of 19th century writing and speech to bring this story of a young womans experiences in bloody kansas to life. The alltrue travels and adventures of lidie newton 1998. The all true travels and adventures of lidie newton by jane smiley about the book six years after her pulitzer prizewinning bestseller, a thousand acres, and three years after her witty, acclaimed, and bestselling novel of academe, moo, jane smiley once again demonstrates her extraordinary range and brilliance. Author interview jane smiley, author of the alltrue. Six years after her pulitzer prizewinning bestseller,a thousand acres,and three years after her witty, acclaimed, and bestselling novel of academe,moo, jane smiley once again demonstrates her extraordinary range and brilliance. Jane smiley ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Jane smiley a novel on 1855 bloody kansas, an armed clash between slaveholders and abolitionists, often referred to as a prologue to the civil war. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Smiley choose to describe lidie s adventures as alltrue in the title of her novel. Jane smiley s new novel is an extraordinary accomplishment in an.
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